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[RC] Beet Pulp - Ridecamp Guest

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So, does that mean no beat pulp for growing foals?  Lisa>>

It means that beet pulp does interfere with mineral absorption in the horse--to 
the extent that its feeding in foals results in measureably weak bone. But 
logic ( a scarce commodity here, evidently)suggests that, although beet pulp 
appears to be the salvation for feed manufacturers, since it is a cheap 
industrial waste product, it may not be the miracle food that some evangelists 
promote it to be.

Shallow thinking in the horse "science" community leads to outright stupidity 
in lay practices, and this is just one small example. Is including beet pulp in 
a balanced ration dangerous? Probably not, as long as you know how to 
compensate for its chelation capabilities. Is it smart? Probably not, 
considering that you have to recalculate the entire ration to balance it. Is 
feeding beet pult in large quantities dangerous in endurance horses working in 
hot weather? Unknown. Most already overfeed electrolytes to endurance horses, 
so maybe that compensates.

However, feeding fat and beet pulp in quantity compromises the absorption of 
many micro- and macro-nutrients. It is a mistake to trust pseudo-scientific 
fads. Instead, read the science--it took me 5 minutes to find the three papers 
I quoted.

Remember, it is your responsibility and your responsibility alone to know what 
the hell you're doing in equine athletics. 99% of the participants in US 
endurance haven't the foggiest idea of how exercise science interfaces with 
supportive nutrition--primarily because they just don't think, or can't think. 
Or can't think deeply enough. The IV tents and dead horses are just one symptom 
of this ignorance in practice. The blind leading the blind, deaf, and dumb.

ti


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